Podcast: Cuppa Joe

Sit back and enjoy the ride as we explore the people, places, and events of Restoration history. All your favorite topics and a whole lot more. Nothing is off the table, and we dig deep. Cuppa Joe is also home to the Community of Christ Historic Sites seasonal lecture series featuring follow-up interviews with all the presenters.

176 | Cuppa Joe | Historic Sites Bus Tour 

In this episode of our Cuppa Joe series, Karin Peter sits down with Barbara Walden and Peter Smith to talk about Historic Sites Bus Tours. Hear them share stories from the tour as well as get all the information you need about the logistics of the tour. For more information on this year’s tour visit…

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148 | Cuppa Joe: Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives 

Karin Peter and Kelly McAfee unpack the polygamy topic against the back drop of Kelly’s project creating portraits and dolls representing Joseph Smith’s plural wives. Host: Karin Peter Guest: Kelly McAfee Download Transcript

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145 | Cuppa Joe | Joseph Smith Historic Site

Community of Christ’s history might not define who the church is today, but it has helped to shape our identity and is still vitally important to us. Join Brittany as she discusses this importance with church member Wendy Eaton. Wendy lives and works at the Historic Site in Nauvoo Illinois. She has also worked in…

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133 | Cuppa Joe | David Howlett

Grab a cup of coffee and listen as Karin interviews historian David Howlett. They discuss Community of Christ history in India; touching on culture, theology, scripture, and what mission looks like when we contextualize it outside of North America. Host: Karin Peter Guest: David Howlett

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124 | Cuppa Joe | Bryon Adreason

Join Karin in another Cuppa Joe episode wherein she interviews Bryon Andreason. Bryon is the current curator of the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. He talks about what led to his passion in history, his historical work with Abraham Lincoln and that crossover period to Mormonism, and his input to the…

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118 | Cuppa Joe | Barb Walden

Listen to this episode as Karin talks to Barb about two prominent women in Community of Christ history well ahead of their time: Emma Burton and Catherine ‘Cassie’ Kelly. Host: Karin Peter Guest: Barb Walden Download Transcript

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ES 37 | Cuppa Joe | Pentecost

Join Karin as she talks with Seth Bryant about the pentacostal experience in the Kirtland temple in restoration history and how that ties to Pentecost on the liturgical calendar. As a bonus, Lachlan Mackay gives an intro to what you’ll hear. Host: Karin PeterGuest: Seth Bryant Download Transcript

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ES 36 | Cuppa Joe | Introduction

Lachlan Mackay of the counsel of twelve starts off a new Project Zion series called Cuppa Joe that focuses on historical topics. In this introductory episode to the new series Lach talks with Karin about Community of Christ’s church history principles created by Steve Veazey for the church as to how we as a church…

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50 | Joseph Smith Historic Sites Directors in Nauvoo | Laura and David Bolton

Join Carla Long as she talks with Laura and David Bolton about being the Joseph Smith Historic Sites directors in Nauvoo for the last seven months. They recount a few of the historic stories of Nauvoo as well as talk about the sites of Nauvoo and Nauvoo itself.

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